Posted on 04/17/2015 1:08:22 PM PDT by greeneyes
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They’ll be main crop, trench; plant; continue to hill until flowering. I space 18-20 inches to give them plenty of room. I get about a 4 foot spread on the vines by the time they quit growing.
After the initial tilling, which gets a shot of 10-10-10, I put the furrower on the Troy, angled & set for max depth & dig the initial trenches about 4’ apart. I then take the furrower off, and retill to max depth inside the trench, then furrow it again, again for max depth. I hoe in triple-superphosphate & 10-10-10 in the bottom of the trenches; cover with a couple inches of soil, then set the seed pieces on that & cover.
Hilling is done with the Troy, with some supplementing with paper shreds &/or straw. That gets tilled in in the Fall, after harvest.
I thought this seemed like a good deal. Opinions, anyone?
Thanks for the offer but I’m truly not ready for such edumacating yet.
IE: my gardening partner asked me what I was going to use for a trellis for the peas. My answer: “Trellis? Huh? What?”
I’ll have to find a source for smaller amounts than your guys offer. Our plot is 30x50. She fills about 2/3 of it with beans and potatoes- she raised 6 kids and is a VERY practical gardener.
Good luck with the practical garden. 1500 square feet is a good size garden. Lots of work.
/johnny
Thank you so much!
Good to know, thanks!
You are most welcome!
LOL! I thought so too! Darlin and I are really enjoying these classes! We encourage anyone to check out their county extensions to see about their state’s Master Gardening programs.
I am interested in taking some courses and will in the future.
Excellent!
I have a bunch of French Sorrel in my garden. What would Chef Jonny do with it?
But that's just me...
If I wanted to get really fancy, I'd open up the Larousse Gastronomique and see what it has to say. That book is beat up...
And the book has a handful of recipes that pretty much are what I would do with it. Not much there, since they see it as an herb.
If I wanted to get really, really fancy with it, I'd break open the copy of Esoffier, but by that time, something else would have caught my attention and it just isn't worth it. ;)
Does that help?
/johnny
That helps. So far, I’ve just thrown it in with other things like carrots, beets,celery, pineapples cucumbers, peppers, apples, spinach, kale in my juicer.
And remember to taste as you go. The flavor may too strong for some.
Add butter for calories. ;)
/johnny
Thanks for the link. Sorry I didn’t get back to the thread sooner. I think that is a great deal, and something I would definitely consider my self. If it just had a back door, it would be perfect to put right in front of my patio door.
I could go out into the green house and then out onto the patio and my patio raised beds.
Here’s another that is very similar the plans I had sketched for hubby to consider building - except it doesn’t have the double walls like the other, and of course UV not really needed for a greenhouse.
They both would need an automatic ventilator, but I think those can be bought separately and then installed.
Haven’t tried to raise horseradish yet. I do like a little in mayo or mustard or on beef sandwich now and then, but 1 small jar is enough for a year here. LOL
My garlic is coming along. I have more than enough left at this point, for the fall planting, and for pickles etc till then.
Wait wait wait. We Parents are the ones that told her that the root stock may have been peach.
She just called and told us that her almonds were now peaches, and she wondered if the peach trees in the back yard could have crossed with the almonds in the front to get peaches instead of almonds.
Hubby had the knowledge. I was guessing, because my wild lime tried to take over the lemon tree the first winter.
I still have some potatoes to plant, and will do it this weekend, if life doesn’t intervene again.
The fantastic Redwood. My Granny’s third husband had sheds that he used to raise quail in. All of the frame work for the sheds was made of redwood.
We had to have the last one of those sheds torn down, so we asked the guy to save any redwood that was around 3 ft. in length. We haven’t been able to make the trip to Springfield to get them yet though.
These were truly great trees, and it’s nearly impossible to find any today, and you couldn’t afford them if you did.
We have two nice size cedar trees left on our 1 acre. Hubby recently cut the others down and used them to make rough fence posts - attaching wire trellis for his grapes.
We argue about the remaining two trees. He claims they will kill the apples. I tell him no they won’t because the Walnut tree will do it first! PS he ain’t never cutting the Walnut trees either.
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